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1973 Volta A Catalunya
The 1973 Volta a Catalunya was the 53rd edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 12 September to 19 September 1973. The race started in Amposta and finished in Lleida. The race was won by Domingo Perurena. General classification References 1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ... Volta 1973 in Spanish road cycling September 1973 sports events in Europe {{Volta a Catalunya-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Perurena
Domingo Perurena Telletxea or Txomin Perurena (born 15 December 1943) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He is most famous for winning the overall mountains classification of 1974 Tour de France. He also finished second at the 1975 Vuelta a España and won a total of 12 stages in this race. cyclingarchives.com Major results ;1965 :1st : 2nd
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José Antonio Pontón Ruiz
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 In Catalonia
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (First inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1969, Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953, Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volta A Catalunya By Year
Volta may refer to: Persons * Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt * Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop * Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1842) Italian priest, naturalist and paleontologist * Massimo Volta (born 1987), Italian footballer * Leopoldo Camillo Volta (1751–1823) Italian librarian and historian of Mantua Places * Volta, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California, US * Volta Mantovana, an Italian municipality in the Lombardy region * Porta Volta, a former city gate of Milan, Italy * Volta Grande, a Brazilian municipality in the Minas Gerais state * Volta Redonda, a Brazilian municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state * Upper Volta (other) * Lake Volta, in Ghana * Volta Region, in Ghana * Volta River, primarily flowing in Ghana, with its headstreams: ** White Volta ** Red Volta ** Black Volta * Volta (crater), a crater on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennie Kuiper
Hendrikus Andreas "Hennie" Kuiper (born 3 February 1949) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race champion in 1975, as well as winning four of the five "Monument" classics. He rode the Tour de France 12 times, finishing second twice and winning the stage to Alpe d'Huez on two occasions. Kuiper, Ercole Baldini and Paolo Bettini are the only riders to have won both the Olympic road race and the world professional road race. Biography Kuiper was born in Denekamp, in Overijssel province. His serious introduction to the bicycle was to and from school in Enschede. He started participating in junior races from 14 and from 19 to 23 he won 39 times as an amateur. The climax of his amateur career was gold in the Olympic road race in Munich in 1972, riding the final 40 km alone. He also won the Tour of Britain (Milk Race) that year. Professional career Kui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustín Tamames
Agustín Tamames Iglesias (born 19 October 1944) is a former Spanish road racing cyclist. In 1975 he won the overall title and five stages of the Vuelta a España. Over his entire career, Tamames won 11 stage wins at the Vuelta a España. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Major achievements ;1970 * 2nd, Overall, Vuelta a España ** 1st, KoM ** 1st, Stage 9 ;1971 * 7th, Overall, Vuelta a España * 1st, Stage 9 ;1972 * 3rd, Overall, Vuelta a España ** 1st, Stage 13 ** 1st, Stage 16 ;1974 * 17th, Overall, Vuelta a España ** 1st, Stage 17 ** 1st, Stage 18 ;1975 * 1st, Overall, Vuelta a España ** 1st, Stage 3 ** 1st, Stage 12 ** 1st, Stage 14 ** 1st, Stage 15 ** 1st, Stage 16 * 3rd, Overall, Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the Basque Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Pesarrodona
Josep Pesarrodona Altimi (born 1 February 1946 in Sant Salvador de Guardiola) is a former Spain, Spanish professional road bicycle racer who raced during the 1970s. Pesarrodona won the 1976 Vuelta a España ahead of Luis Ocaña and Jose Nazabal of Spain. Two years later at the 1978 Vuelta a España, he finished second to Bernard Hinault of France. Major achievements ;1972 : 8th Overall 1972 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España ;1973 : 4th Overall 1973 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España : 4th Overall 1973 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia ;1976 : 1st Overall 1976 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España : 1st 1 stage Tour de Suisse ;1977 : 8th Overall 1977 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España ;1978 : 2nd Overall 1978 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España External links *Official Tour de France results for José Pesarrodona Spanish male cyclists Vuelta a España winners 1946 births Living people People from Bages Sportspeople from the Province of Barcelona Tour de Suisse stage winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel María Lasa
Miguel María Lasa Urquía (born 4 November 1947) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He was born in Oiartzun. He won four stages in the Vuelta a España as well as the Points classification in 1975 Vuelta a España. He also finished on the podium of Vuelta a España four times (1972, 1974, 1975, 1977). He also won two stages in the Tour de France and three stages in the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1969 : 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir : 6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme ;1970 : Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana :: 1st Stages 1 & 7 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros :: 1st Stage 1 : 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya :: 1st Stage 5 : 7th Overall Vuelta a España : 8th Overall Giro d'Italia :: 1st Stage 12 ;1971 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Mallorca :: 1st Stage 1 : 1st GP Navarra : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias : 3rd Overal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wladimiro Panizza
Wladimiro Panizza (5 June 1945 – 21 May 2002) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Panizza came from a Communist family and was named after Lenin. During his long career (1967–1985), he helped Felice Gimondi and Franco Bitossi. His best grand tour was the 1980 Giro d'Italia, where he placed second in the overall classification. He holds the record for participation in the Giro, completing the race 16 times out of 18 starts. Major results ;1967 : 1st GP Montelupo : 1st GP Hiussano : 1st GP Valsassina : 1st GP Robbiano : 4th Giro di Lombardia ;1968 : 2nd Coppa Sabatini : 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato ;1969 : 3rd Giro di Campania ;1970 : 1st GP Monaco : 2nd Tour du Haut Var : 9th Overall Tour de Romandie ;1971 : 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia : 5th Overall Tour de Romandie : 9th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1972 : 3rd GP Montelupo : 3rd Giro del Piemonte : 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1973 : 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Manzaneque
Jesús Manzaneque Sánchez (born 1 January 1943) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist. He is the younger brother of Fernando Manzaneque. Palmarès ;1969 : Trofeo Elola ;1971 :Vuelta a La Rioja ;1972 : 1st, Stage 9b, Vuelta a España ;1973 :Volta a Portugal :Vuelta a La Rioja ;1974 :Vuelta a La Rioja :Trofeo Elola ;1975 :Trofeo Elola : 1st, Stage 19b, Vuelta a España : 1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI P ... External links * * 1943 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Ciudad Real Spanish male cyclists Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners Volta a Portugal winners Cyclists from Castilla-La Mancha {{Spain-cycling-bio-1940s-stub Vuelta a Asturias winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Ocaña
Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía (; 9 June 1945 – 19 May 1994) was a Spanish road bicycle racer who won the 1973 Tour de France and the 1970 Vuelta a España. During the 1971 Tour de France he launched an amazing solo breakaway that put him into the Yellow Jersey and stunned the rest of the main field, including back to back Tour champion Eddy Merckx, but abandoned in the fourteenth stage after a crash on the descent of the Col de Menté. Ocaña would abandon as many Tours as he entered, but he finished every Vuelta a España he entered except for his first, and finished in the top 5 seven times in a row. Career Early years Ocaña was born in Priego, Cuenca, Spain but his family moved to Mont-de-Marsan ( Landes, France) in 1957. Ocaña took up racing with a club in Mont-de-Marsan and began his professional career in 1968 with the Spanish Fagor team, becoming Spanish champion that year. The following year he won the prologue and two time trials, the mountains classific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lleida
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as well as the largest city in the province. It had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous towns of Raimat and Sucs. Lleida is one of the oldest towns in Catalonia, with recorded settlements dating back to the Bronze Age period. Until the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the area served as a settlement for an Iberian people, the Ilergetes. The town became a municipality, named Ilerda, under the reign of Augustus. It was ruled by the Moors from the 8th century, and reconquered in 1149. In 1297, the University of Lleida was founded, becoming the third oldest in the whole of Spain. During the following centuries, the town was damaged by several wars such as the Reapers' War in the 17th century and the Spanish Civil War in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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